9. 'Magnet city'
Cllr Miller says: “This will be a ‘magnet city’. Aspirational families will move here. Corporates will see this as a place they want to do business – and their people will spend money in the city centre stimulating new jobs and business growth." Photo: Other 3rd Party
10. Culture House
Culture and learning are not forgotten either. Due for completion by 2023, "the UK's best" library will be a four-storey building in Keel Square and is expected to attract more than 600,000 visitors a year. Culture House will include libraries for adults, children and young people as well as a community hub. Photo: AN
11. Much more
There are also plans for a major life sciences/healthcare facility in the city centre, a landscape park at Galley's Gill, a new multi-storey car park in Farringdon Row as well as "the upgrading of St Mary’s Boulevard into a stylish new main street". Photo: AN
12. Diary date
The council says: "In 2023, Riverside Sunderland will host the month-long Future Living Expo, a high-profile event which will showcase life in the new urban quarter. UK and international visitors will be drawn to the first of the new neighbourhoods on the former Vaux Brewery site." Photo: Other 3rd Party